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title: Describe the manner in which Jane persuaded the Arctic moth to leave… — The Magic City, The Slide to the North… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the manner in which Jane persuaded the Arctic moth to leave the collector's net. Exam question 3 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» of the books course of Mova
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# Exam question 3 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

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Describe the manner in which Jane persuaded the Arctic moth to leave the collector's net.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Jane · **What happens:** describe, persuade, leave · **To what, where:** manner, Arctic moth, net

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/644-pg23661-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e3:1
# text = Describe the manner in which Jane persuaded the Arctic moth to leave the collector's net.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	collector	collector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **persuade** | past | Jane | the Arctic moth |  | the manner |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moth=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Jane *not said here* | the collector's net |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She respectfully requested the moth to step outside the net for a moment while the collector looked on in dismay

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = She respectfully requested the moth to step outside the net for a moment while the collector looked on in dismay
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	collector	collector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	dismay	dismay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | She | the moth |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent moth=Recipient |
| 2 | **step** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | the net | moment |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside net=Trajectory |
| 3 | **look on** | past | the collector |  |  |  |  | in dismay | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dismay=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She opened the net and waved the moth gently outside into the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = She opened the net and waved the moth gently outside into the air
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | She | the net |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location net=Theme |
| 2 | **wave** | past | She *not said here* | the moth |  | the air |  | gently, outside *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent moth=Theme into air=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She politely asked it to leave the net for a short while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = She politely asked it to leave the net for a short while
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | She |  | it |  |  | politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the net |  |  | while |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She respectfully requested the moth to step outside for a moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = She respectfully requested the moth to step outside for a moment
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moth	moth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | She | the moth |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent moth=Recipient |
| 2 | **step** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  | moment | outside *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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